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Serve static file index.html by default
Serve static file index.html by default
I've got a very simple angular app project that needs to do nothing more than serve static files from wwwroot. Here is my Startup.cs:
wwwroot
Startup.cs
public class Startup
{
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) { }
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
app.UseIISPlatformHandler();
app.UseStaticFiles();
}
// Entry point for the application.
public static void Main(string args) => WebApplication.Run<Startup>(args);
}
Whenever I launch the project with IIS Express or web I always have to navigate to /index.html. How do I make it so that I can just visit the root (/) and still get index.html?
/index.html
/
index.html
2 Answers
2
You want to server default files and static files:
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder application)
{
...
// Enable serving of static files from the wwwroot folder.
application.UseStaticFiles();
// Serve the default file, if present.
application.UseDefaultFiles();
...
}
Alternatively, you can use the UseFileServer method which does the same thing using a single line, rather than two.
UseFileServer
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder application)
{
...
application.UseFileServer();
...
}
See the documentation for more information.
app.UseDefaultFiles
app.UseStaticFiles
app.UseFileServer
@ChrisHalcrow Thanks, now fixed. For future reference, you can actually just edit other peoples answers directly.
– Muhammad Rehan Saeed
2 days ago
Simply change app.UseStaticFiles(); to app.UseFileServer();
app.UseStaticFiles();
app.UseFileServer();
public class Startup
{
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) { }
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
app.UseIISPlatformHandler();
app.UseFileServer();
}
// Entry point for the application.
public static void Main(string args) => WebApplication.Run<Startup>(args);
}
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You must do it in this order (
app.UseDefaultFilesbeforeapp.UseStaticFiles). Otherwise useapp.UseFileServer, which is just shorthand for the same thing.– Chris Halcrow
Jun 27 at 22:11